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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Deconstructing the "Power and Control Motive": Developing and Assessing the Measurability of Internal Power

Wagers, Shelly Marie 01 January 2012 (has links)
Despite the increased social recognition, law and policy changes within the criminal justice system, and the widespread use of court mandated batterer intervention programs (BIPs) domestic violence continues to be a persistent problem. The lack of significant decline in incidence rates along with a growing body of empirical evidence that indicates BIPs are, at best, only moderately effective raises serious concern. Effective policies and programs are based upon empirically tested theory. The assertion "the batterer's motive is power and control" has become fundamental to almost all of our currently used and accepted mainstream theoretical explanations regarding domestic violence. However, the domestic violence literature has not yet advanced any specific conceptualizations of power as a construct, it has not produced a theoretical model of power that articulates why or how power specifically acts as a motive for a batterer, and it has never empirically tested this fundamental assertion. The purpose of this research is to address this gap by focusing on the role of power in domestic violence theory and offer a more complete conceptualization and precise operationalization of power. The main goal of this study was to advance our current understanding of an individual's sense of power and control as a motive for using coercive control tactics, such as psychological and physical abuse tactics against an intimate partner. Therefore, the primary objective of this study was to develop and assess the measurability of the construct "internal power". Specifically, it defined, conceptualized, and operationalized internal power. Then a Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient was examined and a principal components factor analysis was conducted to investigate the dimensionality and underlying factor structure of internal power. Findings indicated empirical support for the proposed measure of internal power, allowing its relationship to an individual's use of psychological and physical abuse tactics to be empirically assessed. Results of a t-test and examination of a Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient indicated that internal power is inversely related to an individual's use of psychological and physical abuse tactics. Findings indicate that both the measure for internal power and its potential relationship to an individual's use of psychological and physical abuse tactics warrants further exploration and development.
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LA FRATERNITA' COME PRINCIPIO GIURIDICO: UNA PROSPETTIVA DE IURE CONDITO E DE IURE CONDENDO / La fraternità come principio giuridico:una prospettiva de iure condito e de iure condendo

VITA, ILENIA 13 May 2014 (has links)
La lontananza tra il diritto e l’“orizzonte” della fraternità è molto avvertita non solo nell’“accademia” ma anche nell’immaginario collettivo. Il tentativo di questa tesi è quello di dimostrare la possibilità, teorica e pratica, di accostare queste realtà apparentemente molto distanti e inconciliabili tra loro: il diritto, e in particolare il diritto pubblico, e il principio di fraternità. Dopo aver analizzato le difficoltà e le obiezioni fondamentali a tale ipotesi, la tesi propone alcune soluzioni e percorsi per cercare un dialogo, cioè per risolvere l’apparente antinomia tra la spontaneità della fraternità e la coattività tipica del diritto. Terreno di elezione per la messa alla prova dell’idea proposta è la Costituzione italiana e, in particolare, la fase della sua nascita. La convinzione che fa da sfondo alla ricerca è la consapevolezza che, per la comprensione dell’importanza teorica e pratica del principio giuridico di fraternità, occorre pur sempre partire dall’esperienza di un vissuto quotidiano di rapporti fraterni. / The distance between the law and the “horizon“ fraternity is felt not only in the “academic circles“ but also in the collective imagination. The aim of this dissertation is to prove the theoretical and practical possibility to combine these dimensions apparently distant and incompatible: the law, in particular public law, and the principle of fraternity. After analyzing the difficulties and the fundamental objections to this idea, the dissertation proposes some solutions and paths to search for a dialogue, that is, to solve the ostensible contradiction between the spontaneity of fraternity and the typical coercive character of law. The basis used to prove the sustained idea is the Italian Constitution and specifically the period of its birth. The background is the firm belief that in order to understand the theoretical and practical importance of the juridical principle of fraternity it's always necessary to start from the fraternal relationships experienced in the daily life.
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Processi di Isomorfismo Coercitivo e riflessi di progettazione organizzativa: uno studio del settore assicurativo italiano / Coercive Isomorphism and organizational design: a study of the Italian insurance industry

MORLACCHI, CHRISTIAN 01 March 2011 (has links)
I sistemi finanziari si sono sempre contraddistinti per la loro natura fiduciaria e il ruolo di sostegno alla stabilità dei mercati (Bianchi, 2002). Quanto affermato giustifica il verificarsi, in determinati contesti di mercato, di crisi economiche di portata straordinariamente ampia. Il legislatore italiano, quindi, al fine di favorire uno sviluppo controllato del settore, negli ultimi anni ha rivolto il focus della regolamentazione normativa verso l’individuazione e la prevenzione di diversi rischi tipici di settore, soprattutto quelli legati all'operatività e quelli di tipo legale e reputazionale. In questo contesto, la teoria dell’Isomorfismo coercitivo si colloca per comprendere quali siano i motivi di adeguamento delle organizzazioni a normative ai fini della legittimazione nei confronti dell’ambiente in cui operano. La ricerca si pone quindi l’obiettivo di indagare i riflessi organizzativi e di governance delle imprese di assicurazione, legati a un processo di isomorfismo coercitivo attraverso la teoria della dipendenza dalle risorse, in particolare quelle reputazionali. / Financial Services are always being recognized like robustness and trust institutions (Bianchi 2002). In fact they always give a fundamental contribute to the stability of economic and social environment. This fact in some conditions, like the present ones, has often created very large financial crisis. More than in the past Italian laws in the financial services, aim at prevent some risk like operational, compliance and reputational ones. The theory of Coercive Isomorphism aim at explains how the organizations try to legitimate themselves towards their social and economic environment. In this direction the study aim at analyzed how coercive isomorphism had influenced the organizational design in the Italian insurance sector. In order to explain this process I used the RBV (Resource Based View) theory to explain how reputation could be a very strategic resource to gain robustness and trust in financial institutions after the crisis, so I analyzed how organization build reputation trough the processes compliance to the new law.
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Att vårdas under tvång : Patientens upplevelse av tvångsåtgärder inom psykiatrisk vård / Care under coercion : The patients experience of coercive measures in psychiatric care

Vikander, Gustav, Persson, Emma January 2015 (has links)
Bakgrund: Lag om psykiatrisk tvångsvård innebär att sjukvården har rätt att ta bort självbestämmanderätten från en individ om denne lider av en allvarlig psykisk störning. Restriktioner och tvångsåtgärder som tvångsmedicinering, avskiljning och fastspänning kan förekomma. Syfte: Syftet är att belysa hur patienter upplever tvångsåtgärder inom psykiatrisk vård. Metod: En allmän litteraturstudie baserad på 12 vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ ansats. Antonovskys Känsla av sammahang har använts som teoretisk referensram. Resultat: Det framkom att patienter generellt upplevde tvångsåtgärderna som negativa. Åtgärderna väckte en rad olika känslor hos patienterna såsom obehag, rädsla och förlorad autonomi, även återuppväckta minnen förknippade med våldtäkt och andra trauman. Det var många patienter som hade svårt att förstå varför dessa åtgärder utfördes, vilket visade sig som brister i kommunikationen mellan patient och sjuksköterska. Patienterna uttryckte önskan om att få utnyttja sin medbestämmanderätt, själva påverka tvångsåtgärderna och eftersökte en närmare relation till vårdpersonalen. Även om tvångsåtgärderna i största utsträckning var en negativ upplevelse så fanns det patienter som förstod att det var för deras eget bästa liksom för andra patienters och personals säkerhet. Slutsats: Patienterna rapporterade att de ville bli informerade, förstådda och bemötta som medmänniskor med respekt och inte behöva känna sig ensamma och övergivna. Tvångsåtgärder och lidande kan lindras genom att personal utvecklar sitt aktiva lyssnande och kunskap genom att ge adekvat information. Klinisk betydelse: Ökad förståelse för patienter som utsatts för tvångsåtgärder kan ge sjuksköterskor möjligheten att stärka patientens känsla av sammanhang vid tvångsåtgärder genom ökad begriplighet, hanterbarhet och meningsfullhet. Nyckelord: KASAM, tvångsåtgärder, patient upplevelse, psykiatrisk vård & litteraturstudie / Background: The Compulsory Psychiatric Care Act means that healthcare is entitled to remove the autonomy of an individual if he or she suffers from a serious mental disorder. Coercive measures may occur, such as forced medication, isolation and physical restraint. Aim: The aim is to illustrate how patients experience coercive measures in psychiatric care. Method: A literary review based on 12 scientific articles with qualitative approach. Antonovskys Sense of coherence has been used as a theoretical framework. Result: The results show that patients experienced coercive measures as negative. The measures provoked feelings in patients, such as discomfort, fear and loss of autonomy. There were patients who had trouble understanding why these measures were performed, which showed flaws in communication between patient and nurse. The patients expressed the desire to use their right to co-decide, to influence the measures and sought a closer relationship to the caregivers. Although the coercive measures were found to be a highly unpleasant experience, there were patients who understood that it was in their best interests. Conclusion: The patients reported that they wanted to be informed, listened to and treated with respect, and not have to feel alone and abandoned. Coercive measures and the associated suffering could be alleviated by active listening from the staff and the skills to provide adequate information. Clinical Implications: Increased understanding of patients subjected to coercive measures can give nurses the opportunity to strengthen the patients’ sense of coherence when exposed to coercive measures, by increasing their comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness.  Keywords: SOC, coercive measures, patient experience, psychiatric care & literature review
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Multilateral och unilateral säkerhetspolitisk praktik och strategi för hantering av Syrienkonflikten

Almström, Knut Albin Pär January 2014 (has links)
This security study attempts to explain the dynamics of international conflict management of an intrastate conflict, through a combination of three theoretical frameworks. The conflict in Syria is shown to be managed mainly through strategies using coercive diplomacy, and some main contributions within the research field relating to strategies of coercion are used for guidance, to important factors which could affect coercive international conflict management, as well as to additional theories which could enhance the study’s explanatory power through a combined theoretical framework. The two added theoretical frameworks are Power Balancing and a Multidimensional concept of Power. With the aid of analytical tools derived from this combined framework the conflict management is analysed within both a multilateral and unilateral setting, offering some explanation as to why international conflict management (practiced by UNSC multilaterally and USA unilaterally) has shown so little progress in regard to the conflict, as well as why one significant, though limited, result could be achieved regarding the destruction of the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons arsenal.
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Academic success of Appalachian adolescents the impact of parental authority and familism /

Deaton, Melissa Jo. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Miami University, Dept. of Family Studies and Social Work, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-54).
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Limited Military Pressure – An Analytical Framework to Assess No-Fly Zones as a Single Instrument in Coercive Diplomacy

Gregor, Annelie January 2012 (has links)
Coercive diplomacy attempts to use military force in a limited fashion as a diplomatic and political tool in order to persuade an opponent to cease aggression rather than to bludgeon him into stopping. The use of limited military force in coercive diplomacy is not a military strategy, but rather a refined political and psychological instrument used for resolving a crisis. One relatively new instrument in the toolbox of limited force when engaging in coercive diplomacy, fashioned to deter adversaries, is the use of no-fly zones. The term no-fly zone describes the physical area of a nation that is patrolled using the airpower of another sovereign state or coalition. However, despite its relatively frequent use in its short history, it has largely been ignored in theoretical studies of coercive diplomacy. As scholars, such as Daniel Byman and Matthew Waxman, have presented a critical view on the limitations of approaching a study on a single instrument in coercive diplomacy, this paper grounds the argument that there is still value in this approach. Given that the conditions of coercive diplomacy mainly focus on an array of coercive instruments at a political level, are the conditions in the theories of coercive diplomacy sufficient to explain the political success of the military instrument of no-fly zones? Hence, this paper illustrates the theoretical reach of the theories of coercive diplomacy by highlighting the fungibility of the coercive diplomacy’s theoretical ‘success conditions’ when assessing a single military instrument. By studying the political success and failure in four separate cases, this paper proposes an analytical framework, which is by and large, derived from Peter Viggo Jakobsen and Alexander George’s theoretical basis. However, as the theoretical basis does not fully cover all of the political dimensions of no-fly zones, an additional variable is proposed. The resulting analytical framework suggests that this is a viable approach, but only by combining Jakobsen’s revised conditions with the original work of Alexander George, in addition to the proposed variable. Thus, this result contributes to the large body of scholarly work on coercive diplomacy theory and the debate whether one can assess a specific coercive instrument with the political ‘success conditions’ of coercive diplomacy, or not. / Master Thesis
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Do medo de morrer ao medo no viver: um estudo sobre o sequestro relâmpago e suas vítimas.

Azevedo, Letícia Rodrigues de 14 May 2015 (has links)
Submitted by Maria Creuza Silva (mariakreuza@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-08-04T18:24:33Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE Leticia Azevedo. 2015.pdf: 1407474 bytes, checksum: 007588f254324a55b93e9fc4c9df645a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Creuza Silva (mariakreuza@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-08-04T18:24:48Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE Leticia Azevedo. 2015.pdf: 1407474 bytes, checksum: 007588f254324a55b93e9fc4c9df645a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-08-04T18:24:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE Leticia Azevedo. 2015.pdf: 1407474 bytes, checksum: 007588f254324a55b93e9fc4c9df645a (MD5) / O presente trabalho busca conhecer a experiência de vitimização e repercussões do sequestro relâmpago, procurando uma compreensão sobre as interações que permeiam o evento vitimógenoe suas características como delito. Para cumprir o desafio, estudamos o fenômeno a partir de quatro objetivos específicos: caracterizar os eventos de sequestro relâmpago; analisar as vitimizações secundárias; compreender a influência do sequestro relâmpagono curso de vida e saúde das vítimas; e conhecer as repercussões nos familiares das vítimas.O estudo possui um desenho metodológico qualitativo, com entrevistas individuais, guiadas por roteirossemi-estruturados. Participaram da pesquisa 35 vítimas, quatro familiares e quatro ofensores cujas entrevistas geraram dados posteriormente triangulados com reportagens de jornais e observações de campo realizadas na delegacia e na penitenciária. O sequestro relâmpago manifesta-se, ainda na década de 1990, como uma modalidade de violência criminal cujas vítimas são submetidas a um enquadramento coercitivo e mantidas reféns dentro do veículo. Firma-se como um delito moldado pela realidade das cidades cada vez mais ajustadas à sociedade do consumo, e seus objetivos são em grande parte instrumentais, voltados à aquisição material e financeira. Os episódios são geridos majoritariamente por ameaças à integridade física, mas podem ser compostos por violências mais expressivas, particularmente as sexuais, denotando mais um mecanismo de reprodução da violência de gênero. Ofensores e vítimas desenvolvem um contrato coercitivo-cooperativo que rege suas expectativas e atitudes, propondo uma transação na qual há conversão dos bens obtidos em garantia de integridade física das vítimas. A maioria das vítimas coopera, aderindo ao contrato e negociando seus termos. Elas “trabalham a mente” dos ofensores e tentam criar empatia. O não cumprimento do contrato pelos ofensores ou a ausência de um que assegure minimamente a intenção instrumental do delito pode implicar em tentativa de reação e fuga por parte da vítima. Após a vitimização, o ex-refém geralmente percorre um itinerário de reparação e cuidados que começa pela delegacia de polícia e pode ou não prosseguir por outros órgãos públicos ou empresas – judiciário, seguradora do veículo, estabelecimento onde ocorreu a captura, etc. Raramente se recorre a serviços de saúde pois não há o “dano ao corpo”. Nestes espaços, é recorrente a exposição a vitimizações secundárias. As vítimas engajam-se em mecanismos de enfrentamento como resposta à vitimização. Elas engendram defesas e criam seus próprios “manuais de segurança” para protegerem a si e aqueles com quem compartilham laços afetivos. Familiares e amigos são fundamentais na co-construção de novos sentidos e ressignificação da experiência. As crenças religiosas e a necessidade de se retomar as obrigações da vida, como o trabalho e o cuidado com a família também mobilizam ao enfrentamento contínuo da vitimização. Nesse processo, os próprios familiares sofrem vitimização indireta, apresentando,muitas vezes, repercussões semelhantes às da vítima direta e ansiedade atrelada à possibilidade de perda do familiar sequestrado. Isto os impulsiona a reconfigurar a própria concepção de mundo e relação com o ente amado, pois a vida fica “marcada”.
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O uso das intervenções humanitárias coercitivas e suas conseqüências para a resolução de conflitos intra-estatais na era pós-guerra fria / The use of coercive power in humanitarian interventions in the post-cold war, and its consequences for conflict resolution

Marcelo Braga Alcantara 01 August 2007 (has links)
Com o fim da Guerra-Fria uma série de conflitos surge em diferentes pontos do globo. Em sua maioria eles são de natureza intra-estatal, marcados por alto grau de violência e com múltiplos atores envolvidos. Acompanha essa nova realidade a adoção de uma postura coercitiva por parte da Organização das Nações Unidas, doravante comum nas chamadas intervenções humanitárias. A partir deste quadro propõe-se aqui analisar os fatores constitutivos desses conflitos, representados em dois estudos de casos emblemáticos do tema em foco, Somália (1992) e Timor Leste (1999), bem como o comportamento da ONU em face desses novos desafios. O fio condutor de toda a pesquisa consistiu em demonstrar sua principal hipótese: o sucesso dos processos de resolução de conflitos chefiados pela ONU foi comprovado somente em episódios nos quais a organização internacional considerou outros recursos além do uso da força militar e enfatizou abordagens mais abrangentes, as quais consideravam atores da sociedade civil originários de diversas camadas sociais. / The end of the Cold War is followed by many internal conflicts around the world. Most of these conflicts, are characterized by a high level of violence and composed by actors from different origins. This work is an analysis of coercive power in humanitarian interventions, ruled by the United Nations, concerning conflict resolution process and humanitarian interventions undertaken in East Timor (1999) and in Somalia (1992). The main goal is to discuss the reasons why United Nations used military force in humanitarian interventions, as well as to highlight the approach to conflict resolution processes developed by international organizations. This work argues that conflict resolution processes tend to be successful when they are based on a broader approach, which concerns actors form civil society, coming from different social origins.
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Justiça restaurativa na escola : trabalhando as relações sociomorais /

Baroni, Mariana Custódio de Souza. January 2011 (has links)
Orientador: Maria Suzana de Stefano Menin / Banca: Leonardo Sica / Banca: Renata Maria Coimbra Libório / Resumo: Este trabalho, intitulado "Justiça Restaurativa na Escola: trabalhando as relações sociomorais", versa sobre a justiça restaurativa como uma proposta de resolução dos conflitos escolares. Relaciona os estilos de resolução de conflitos com os princípios de justiça restaurativa investigando como estes podem alicerçar a construção de ambientes sociomorais na escola de forma a possibilitarem a discussão e o fortalecimento de conceitos e valores morais que contribuam para a consolidação da cooperação entre alunos, para a construção da autonomia e para o combate à violência. Ele pertence à linha de pesquisa "Processos Formativos, Diferenças e Valores", do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista de Presidente Prudente e recebeu apoio financeiro da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo - FAPESP. O interesse por esta pesquisa partiu da constatação do aumento desenfreado das situações de violência vivenciadas pela escola; surgiu da nossa preocupação com uma possível crise de valores morais que possa ter desencadeado a banalização da violência na escola. Levando isso em conta, estabelecemos como objetivo principal deste trabalho verificar se a justiça restaurativa pode se apresentar como um instrumento positivo à resolução de conflitos e combate à violência escolar. Para isso, estudamos, em Psicologia, a teoria de Piaget sobre o desenvolvimento moral da criança. Tomamos como referencial, no campo da Justiça Restaurativa, o projeto "Justiça e Educação em Heliópolis e Guarulhos: parceria para a cidadania" que inseriu, no segundo semestre de 2006, nas escolas da rede pública de São Paulo (Heliópolis e Guarulhos), espaços, denominados Círculos Restaurativos... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The present study, entitled "Restorative Justice at School: working socio-moral relationships", is about restorative justice as an proposal of scholar conflicts resolution. It relates the different styles of conflicts resolution and the principles of restorative justice; at the same time, it investigates in what extend these can support the construction of socio-moral environments in school in order to allow discussion and provides the strengthening of concepts and moral values that contributes to consolidate cooperation among students, aiming autonomy and violence fighting. This study is part of the research line "Formative Process< Differences, Values", of the Post Graduation Program in Education of Science and Technology College of Universidade Estadual Paulista from Presidente Prudente. It was funded by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo - FAPESP. The interest in this subject originated because it was found that violence in school has increased a lot. Thus, we worry that a possible crisis of moral values has initiated violence trivialization in school. Considering this, the main objective of this research is to verify if restorative justice can be a positive instrument in order to conflicts resolution and violence fighting. To do so, we studied in Psychology, Piaget's theory about children's moral development. Our referential in Restorative... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

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